A METHOD FOR GENERATING HYPERMUTABLE ORGANISMS
    1.
    发明公开
    A METHOD FOR GENERATING HYPERMUTABLE ORGANISMS 有权
    方法ZUR HERSTELLUNG HYPERMUTAGENISIERTER ORGANISMEN

    公开(公告)号:EP1430123A2

    公开(公告)日:2004-06-23

    申请号:EP01935403.4

    申请日:2001-05-14

    摘要: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for rendering cells hypermutable, and hypermutable cell lines altered genetically and phenotypically.SOLUTION: The invention relates to use of dominant negative alleles of human mismatch repair genes to generate hypermutable cells and organisms; the use of introducing genes into cells and transgenic animals by which new cell lines and animal varieties with new and useful properties can be prepared more efficiently than by relying on the natural rate of mutation; and use of mutagens for enhancing a rate of further augmented mutation.

    摘要翻译: 要解决的问题:提供一种使细胞变性可变的方法,以及基因和表型改变的超可变细胞系。解决方案:本发明涉及人错配修复基因的显性阴性等位基因用于产生超可变细胞和生物体; 将基因导入细胞和转基因动物中,通过其可以比通过依赖于自然的突变率更有效地制备具有新的和有用的性质的新的细胞系和动物品种; 并使用诱变剂提高进一步增强突变率。

    REGULATED VECTORS FOR CONTROLLING DNA HYPERMUTABILITY IN EUKARYOTIC CELLS
    7.
    发明授权
    REGULATED VECTORS FOR CONTROLLING DNA HYPERMUTABILITY IN EUKARYOTIC CELLS 有权
    REGULATED VECTORS FOR CONTROLLING在真核细胞中的DNA超突变

    公开(公告)号:EP1476577B1

    公开(公告)日:2009-04-15

    申请号:EP03733833.2

    申请日:2003-02-21

    申请人: Morphotek, Inc.

    IPC分类号: C12Q1/68 C12N15/85

    摘要: The present invention features mammalian expression vectors that are useful for controlling DNA hypermutability in mammalian cell as well as the encoding polynucleotide sequences of vector sequences. In related aspects the invention features expression vectors and host cells comprising such polynucleotides. In other related aspects, the invention features transgenic cells expressing a mutator gene to enhance genome-wide mutagenesis, due to, for example, the presence of an exogenous mutator-encoding polynucleotide sequence. Further, the invention provides methods for using vector sequences that can remove the expression of such gene to restore DNA stability in a host cell.

    METHODS FOR GENERATING ENHANCED ANTIBODY-PRODUCING CELL LINES WITH IMPROVED GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS
    10.
    发明授权
    METHODS FOR GENERATING ENHANCED ANTIBODY-PRODUCING CELL LINES WITH IMPROVED GROWTH CHARACTERISTICS 有权
    方法制备改善的抗体生产具有改进的生长特性细胞系

    公开(公告)号:EP1551988B1

    公开(公告)日:2010-11-24

    申请号:EP03765839.0

    申请日:2003-07-21

    申请人: Morphotek, Inc.

    摘要: The use of mismatch repair (MMR) defective antibody producer cells offers a method to generate subclone variants with elevated protein production such as antibodies. Using MMR defective cells and animals, new cell lines and animal varieties with novel and useful properties such as enhanced protein production can be generated more efficiently than by relying on the natural rate of mutation. These methods are useful for generating genetic diversity within host cells to alter endogenous genes that can yield increased titer levels of protein production. By employing this method, two genes were discovered whose suppressed expression is associated with enhanced antibody production. Suppressed expression of these genes by a variety of methods leads to increased antibody production for manufacturing as well as strategies for modulating antibody production in immunological disorders. Moreover, the suppression of these two genes in host cells can be useful for generating universal high titer protein production lines.